(Part 1 can be found here.) When I hear a literary scholar lecturing a class on how to interpret a story, I find the take interesting, but I certainly don’t consider it the only way to interpret the story. Some professors get particularly smug and feel it is the only way, though, to the pointContinue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (final)”
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Different Interpretations are Okay (part 3)
Comic books have always been political. That’s their argument. They push it even further by saying all art is political, and they’ll cherry-pick specific comic book panels to gaslight you into believing that every single title you’ve ever enjoyed is–and always has been–propagandized, all to get you to shut up and swallow Current Year propaganda.Continue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (part 3)”
Different Interpretations are Okay (part 2)
YouTube personality “Az” of HeelvsBabyface recently said modern AAA game studios are “boring”. He’s right. They have nothing left to say. Nothing new, anyway. Nothing you don’t constantly see repeated on TV commercials or in Hollywood movies. The “brave” political statements you’re seeing in AAA games are the same stale statements you see spewed fromContinue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (part 2)”
Different Interpretations are Okay (part 1)
Just a few days ago, someone suggested to me that the only valid answer to the Riddle of Steel is “Will”. I did discuss that Will is the typical Nietzschean answer in my article, and even acknowledged that the movie opens with a quote from Nietzsche himself. I also acknowledged that there are many possibleContinue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (part 1)”
Leveling Up from a Wannabe Grifter
In the author Twittersphere, it seems there are creators, wannabes, and grifters. Lately I’ve felt like a #WritingCommunity wannabe and grifter, trying to build an audience when I have nothing published. After getting my rejection letter, I don’t have a follow-up plan on which short fiction magazines to try next. I am not aware ofContinue reading “Leveling Up from a Wannabe Grifter”
A Major Boost in Confidence
This may sound strange, but I’ve felt unstoppable lately. A fire blazes in my heart. There’s this drive, this passion to create. And it’s not leaving me. My skills, my art, what I have to offer the world has hit a certain level of mastery to where I feel it’s only a matter of time.Continue reading “A Major Boost in Confidence”
Nick Enlowe 